Here in New York City the Teen Author Carnival gets a lot of attention. Now there’s going to be a Kids Author Carnival chock FULL of middle grade authors. Check out this jaw-dropping line-up and mark your calendars:

Elizabeth Bird is currently New York Public Library's Youth Materials Collections Specialist. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of NYPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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So cool to see this featured on your blog! The Kids Author Carnival has a pretty informative tumblr with a more detailed list of the authors, an overview of the mission and philosophy behind it, and some hints at what to expect from the event: http://kidsauthorcarnival.tumblr.com/

(I gotta say, this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime historical moment. Mainly because this will probably be the only time in all of history that my name will be on a list with so many phenomenal authors. Unless they do a “one of these things is not like the other” game some time or something. So yet another reason not to miss the carnival.)

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